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Ultima Online brought the world that Richard Garriott started a decade and a half prior to the Internet. While not the first massively multiplayer online role playing game, this was one of earliest success stories of the genre. This game brought this new genre to the forefront. UO put MMORPG’s in front of gamers in […]
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Ultima Online Brings Britannia to the Internet – September 24th, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
September 24th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, News, Windows 
Tags: Lord British, Massively Multiplayer Online, mmo, MMORPG, online, origin, Richard Garriott, role playing game, rpg, Ultima, Ultima Online 
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Ultima VI Ends Age of Enlightenment – June 1st 1990 – Today in Video Game History
May 31st, 2016 Carl Williams Ultima is one of gaming’s rags to riches stories. The sixth title in the series released on June 1st 1990. This was the ending of the “Age of Enlightenment” trilogy. The sixth Ultima game also marked a change in the graphics, sound and interaction with the game world. These changes did not sit well with […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Tags: False Prophet, IBM PC, role playing game, Ultima, Ultima VI, Ultima VI The False Profit No Comments »
Quest Forge – By Order of Kings is Latest Homebrew Release for Nintendo NES
September 5th, 2015 Carl Williams The Nintendo Entertainment System is a venerable little console, the fans are keeping this thing alive longer than anyone would have thought possible. I am not just talking about rom hacks, fan translations and homebrew digital releases – those happen quite a bit already. I am talking about physical cartridges for homebrew and independent titles […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: cartridge, entertainment system, homebrew, Ludocity, nes, nintendo, piko interactive, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, strategy, turn based, Ultima No Comments »
Ultima IV- Quest of the Avatar Remastered and Released for Commodore 64
March 29th, 2015 Carl Williams How many role playing games have you played that required you to overcome some massively evil entity that is bent on destroying the world? Too many, right? Well, back in the early days of computer gaming there was a game called Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar. It was, obviously, the fourth title in the […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 4, Apple IIe, Britannia, c64, classic, commodore 64, IV, Lord British, Quest of the Avatar, remastered, retro, retro game, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, Ultima No Comments »
New Game- Ugaris The Legend Recovered Released for Windows
September 2nd, 2014 Carl Williams We love new games around here, especially those that hearken back to a simpler time when games were more about the story and challenge and not so much about the graphics. Ugaris is just such a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). The engine running Ugaris is based on the Astonia 3 engine from […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Astonia 3, Avernum, carl williams, classic, Intent Software, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG, pc, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Spiderweb Software, triverse, Ugaris, Ultima, windows No Comments »
